Indio Police Investigating Deadly Accident

Indio police were called to the scene of an accident around 9:00 p.m. Saturday night.

Investigators said two men were crossing Fred Waring Drive, just east of Clinton Street, when one of the men was hit by a Ford F-150 pick-up truck. The driver was headed westbound on Fred Waring Drive.

The victim, who was around 55-years-old, was taken to John F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital in Indio, where he later died.

Police said the driver was cooperative. Police are looking into whether the two men were using a crosswalk at the time of the crash.